Selling to USAFE

Doing Business with RAF Lakenheath and Mildenhall
The 48^th Contracting Squadron located on RAF Lakenheath is responsible for procuring equipment and services for the air force bases at Alconbury, Molesworth, Feltwell, Croughton, Fairford, Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Felixstowe, and Keflavik, Iceland. A wide range of goods and services are procured every year, with approximately £33 million spent annually. The following information is available for businesses to identify potential opportunities from the requirements of the United States Air Force.

Registering to become a supplier

Both current and potential government vendors are required to register in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to be awarded contracts by the US government. Businesses are required to complete a one-time registration to provide basic information relevant to procurement and financial transactions. New registrations take approximately 48 hours to process, with recertification then needing to be accomplished once a year to keep the information provided up to date.

The first step companies need to take to register in CCR, is to obtain a DUNS number, this is provided by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). A DUNS number is a nine digit code which means of identifying business entities on a location-specific basis. The following information is required by D&B to receive your DUNS number;

• Legal Name
• Tradestyle, Doing Business As (DBA), or other name by which your organisation is commonly recognised
• Physical Address, City, County and Post Code
• Mailing Address (if separate)
• Telephone Number
• Contact Name
• SIC Code (Line of Business)
• Number of Employees at your location
• Headquarters name and address (if there is a reporting relationship to a parent corporate entity)

To obtain a DUNS number visit  http://www.ccr.gov/

Foreign companies must also obtain a NATO Commercial and Governmental Entity (NCAGE) Code prior to registering in CCR. This can be done either over the web at  http://www.dlis.dla.mil/Forms/Form_AC135.asp or by contacting the National Codification Bureau;

Mr Scott Keys
Corporate Technical Services
UK NCB
Ministry of Defence
Kentigern House
65, Brown Street
GLASGOW G2 8EX

Tel: 0141 224 2249
Fax: 0141 224 2083
E-mail: ncage@ukncb.mod.uk

Once these two steps have been completed, registration in CCR can then be carried out at;

http://www.ccr.gov/

Contract listings

For purchases under $25,000, a Government Wide Purchase Card (GPC) is used. Cardholders order items from a catalogue, over the internet or from local vendors with no acquisition lead-time. If your business is likely to sell good or services that would come under this mode of purchase, it is advisable to contact the 48^th Contracting Squadron to raise awareness of your business and what goods and services you offer.

Requirements over $25,000 are advertised via FedBizOpps (FBO), which is the single point-of-entry where all Federal Government procurement opportunities over this value are advertised. Businesses seeking any Federal market for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities advertised by the entire Federal contracting community.

To learn more about these opportunities and to sign up with FedBizOpps, visit the following website:

www.fbo.gov

To view advertisements submitted by RAF Lakenheath:

Click on - Vendors - DOD - Department of the Air Force (USAF), Offices - United States Air Force Europe, Locations - 48 CONS/LGC Lakenheath RAF Lakenheath UK, Locations.

To receive email updates for contracts posted by RAF Lakenheath:

Click on – Vendor notification service – select option 2 (register to receive all notices from selected organisations and product service classifications) – select by classification or agency – subscribe.

For further information on all aspects of FedBizOpps, there is a downloadable user’s guide available at www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf

Examples of Contracts previously issued

Commodities: 700+ purchases/contract actions annually

US/UK furniture/appliances

IT/Audio visual equipment

Office supplies

Services under $100k: 150+ recurring service contracts

Medical equipment maintenance

Medical/chaplain/education staff

Unit vehicle leases

Services over $100k: Custodial

Laundry and dry cleaning

Furniture removal and haulage

Blanket Purchase Agreements: 20+ BPAs managed

LOX/LPG supply

Custodial service

Concessionaires: Coffee shops

Taxi services

Insurance sales

Contact Details

For further information on any of the above information see the leaflet below or contact the 48^th Contracting Squadron on 01638 522360.

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